# freelance
## English
### Alternative forms

* free-lance

### Etymology

From free +‎ lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1820) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɹiːlɑːns/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈfɹiˌlæns/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːlɑːns
* Hyphenation: free‧lance

### Noun

freelance (plural freelances)
* Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
** 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.
** 2014, Brian Mossop, Revising and Editing for Translators, page 192:The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own rank, or another freelance.
* (historical) A medieval mercenary.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mercenary

#### Derived terms

* freelancer

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: freelance
* → Finnish: freelance
* → French: freelance
* → Japanese: フリーランス (furīransu)
* → Portuguese: frila(br) freelance(pt)
* → Spanish: freelance
* → Swedish: frilans
* → Turkish: freelance

#### Translations
### Adjective

freelance (comparative more freelance, superlative most freelance)
* Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.
    He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

#### Translations
### Verb

freelance (third-person singular simple present freelances, present participle freelancing, simple past and past participle freelanced)
* (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
* (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

#### Translations

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## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English freelance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfriːlɑns/, [ˈfriːlɑ̝ns̠]
* Rhymes: -iːlɑns

### Noun

freelance
* (as modifier) freelance
    freelancetoimittaja ― freelance journalist
* (rare) Synonym of freelancer (“freelancer”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of freelance (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
freelanceni
freelanceni
accusative
nom.
freelanceni
freelanceni
gen.
freelanceni
genitive
freelanceni
freelancejeni freelanceini $^{rare}$
partitive
freelanceani
freelancejani
inessive
freelancessani
freelanceissani
elative
freelancestani
freelanceistani
illative
freelanceeni
freelanceihini
adessive
freelancellani
freelanceillani
ablative
freelanceltani
freelanceiltani
allative
freelancelleni
freelanceilleni
essive
freelancenani
freelanceinani
translative
freelancekseni
freelanceikseni
abessive
freelancettani
freelanceittani
instructive
comitative
—freelanceineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
freelancesi
freelancesi
accusative
nom.
freelancesi
freelancesi
gen.
freelancesi
genitive
freelancesi
freelancejesi freelanceisi $^{rare}$
partitive
freelanceasi
freelancejasi
inessive
freelancessasi
freelanceissasi
elative
freelancestasi
freelanceistasi
illative
freelanceesi
freelanceihisi
adessive
freelancellasi
freelanceillasi
ablative
freelanceltasi
freelanceiltasi
allative
freelancellesi
freelanceillesi
essive
freelancenasi
freelanceinasi
translative
freelanceksesi
freelanceiksesi
abessive
freelancettasi
freelanceittasi
instructive
comitative
—freelanceinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
freelancemme
freelancemme
accusative
nom.
freelancemme
freelancemme
gen.
freelancemme
genitive
freelancemme
freelancejemme freelanceimme $^{rare}$
partitive
freelanceamme
freelancejamme
inessive
freelancessamme
freelanceissamme
elative
freelancestamme
freelanceistamme
illative
freelanceemme
freelanceihimme
adessive
freelancellamme
freelanceillamme
ablative
freelanceltamme
freelanceiltamme
allative
freelancellemme
freelanceillemme
essive
freelancenamme
freelanceinamme
translative
freelanceksemme
freelanceiksemme
abessive
freelancettamme
freelanceittamme
instructive
comitative
—freelanceinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
freelancenne
freelancenne
accusative
nom.
freelancenne
freelancenne
gen.
freelancenne
genitive
freelancenne
freelancejenne freelanceinne $^{rare}$
partitive
freelanceanne
freelancejanne
inessive
freelancessanne
freelanceissanne
elative
freelancestanne
freelanceistanne
illative
freelanceenne
freelanceihinne
adessive
freelancellanne
freelanceillanne
ablative
freelanceltanne
freelanceiltanne
allative
freelancellenne
freelanceillenne
essive
freelancenanne
freelanceinanne
translative
freelanceksenne
freelanceiksenne
abessive
freelancettanne
freelanceittanne
instructive
comitative
—freelanceinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
freelancensa
freelancensa
accusative
nom.
freelancensa
freelancensa
gen.
freelancensa
genitive
freelancensa
freelancejensa freelanceinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
freelanceaan freelanceansa
freelancejaan freelancejansa
inessive
freelancessaan freelancessansa
freelanceissaan freelanceissansa
elative
freelancestaan freelancestansa
freelanceistaan freelanceistansa
illative
freelanceensa
freelanceihinsa
adessive
freelancellaan freelancellansa
freelanceillaan freelanceillansa
ablative
freelanceltaan freelanceltansa
freelanceiltaan freelanceiltansa
allative
freelancelleen freelancellensa
freelanceilleen freelanceillensa
essive
freelancenaan freelancenansa
freelanceinaan freelanceinansa
translative
freelancekseen freelanceksensa
freelanceikseen freelanceiksensa
abessive
freelancettaan freelancettansa
freelanceittaan freelanceittansa
instructive
comitative
—freelanceineen freelanceinensa :

#### Derived terms

* freelancenäyttelijä
* freelancetoimittaja
* freelancetyö
* freelancetyöntekijä
* freelancetyöntekijä

### Further reading

* “freelance”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Alternative forms

* free-lance

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʁi.lɑ̃s/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

freelance (plural freelances)
* freelance

### Noun

freelance m or f by sense (plural freelances)
* freelancer (someone who freelances)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fɾiˈlɐ̃.si/, /fɾiˈlɐ̃s/
* (Brazil) IPA: /fɾiˈlɐ̃.si/, /fɾiˈlɐ̃s/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fɾiˈlɐ̃.si/, /fɾiˈlɐ̃ʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fɾiˈlɐ̃s/, /fɾiˈlɐ̃.si/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɾiˈlɐ̃ʃ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃si, -ilɐ̃ʃ
* Hyphenation: free‧lan‧ce

### Adjective

freelance (invariable)
* freelance

## Spanish
### Adjective

freelance (invariable)
* freelance

### Noun

freelance m (plural freelances)
* freelancer (someone who freelances)

### Further reading

* free lance | Definición | Diccionario de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE
* free lance | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas | RAE - ASALE
* freelance/freelancer | FundéuRAE